Biography cite sources in apa website

Note: This page reflects the latest version of the APA Publication Manual (i.e., APA 7), which released in October 2019.

The equivalent resource for the older APA 6 style can be found here.

Important Note: Some electronic citations necessitate the use of brackets.

Biography cite sources in apa website

APA style dictates that brackets should directly surround their content without spaces (e.g., [bracketed content] should look like this). When possible, include the year, month, and date in references. If the month and date are not available, use the year of publication.

Additionally, APA 7^th edition no longer requires the use of “Retrieved from” before URLs or DOIs; special exceptions, however, are made for resources that are unarchived. Including the retrieval date for these sources indicates to readers that the version of the work they retrieve may be different than what was originally used. 

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